Interesting that they went almost entirely with Vimeo entries and only one YouTube entry. Me, I still haven't started in on the marathon. I'm thinking if just putting my unofficial playlists on auto-play in the background and just sitting down at the computer if one seems interesting.

Also, not sure where they're getting "over 600" unless they're counting whatever they can find online, without knowing if it was ever actually submitted. My sense of the count is more than 500 but not quite 600, but I haven't gone back to do a recount.

Neither of ours are mentioned, but I didn't expect it. I just wanted to play. I'm glad someone else finally mentions Tur-Mohel. I've been telling people about him since it debuted. We also liked The Embezzler. http://www.vimeo.com/1926851
Great song. I want a pool of money.

There's a lot of great entries. It makes me glad I didn't attempt a vid myself, because I wouldn't have matched the best of these entries (also: I didn't have the time or probably the guts ;)).

Also: I love shishkarobb's singing voice and I very much laughed out loud at "Des Moines" in The Operative's vid. And your entry deservedly made that list there, Lady Brick! It really is a lot of fun seeing entries by whedonesquers. I hope there's more.

It may not be the best in terms of acting, writing, music, singing, costumes, set, stunts, special effects, voice work, or overall production values, but I'm pretty sure it's among the leaders in terms of lame jokes, silly voices, and stupid sight gags per minute.

I agree. I really liked DIE-ronic. Don't count yourself out yet. It's really catchy, and funny as well. Also the first minute must have been tough to film, utilizing all of your props on time in a single cut.

Thanks for all the wonderful comments! It's a bit intimidating watching some of the videos like Tur-Mohel that have such amazing production values. I have... a hamster. But I'm glad that people seem to be enjoying it. I'll definitely be dressing up as Scarlett for the L.A. Dr. Horrible screening on Halloween.

I think that your video is wonderful based just on the picture and the comments on it, since I haven't been able to get sound off either of the damaged systems that I have access to. I'll get it eventually. Meanwhile, I can just congratulate you on your success, Lady Brick.

While Tur-Mohel is good ("great" in fact, "excellent" even, and who doesn't love a good circumcision song?), I tend to like the ones that are less polished looking, the ones with an "amateur" feel to them. The professional looking ones lose that personal touch, at least in my book anyway. No offense intended, because I know everyone worked hard on their entries, it's just the way it seems to me.

hello whedonesquers! glad you all dig the list i compiled. by NO means is it complete and/or definitive, just a handful of my favorites after a couple hours of viewing applications. i was blown away by the creativity of all the submissions and it was really hard to narrow it down. there are a LOT of great entries and i'm definitely discovering some more of them here in the comments.

@theonetruebix - i got the "over 600" videos number by combining the search results from youtube (about 580) and vimeo (somewhere around 70). so, including duplicates and vids that aren't actual entries, i think the number's somewhere pretty close to 600.

FWIW, my Vimeo album contains all Vimeo-based applications that were submitted, minus those that are password-protected, private, or are set not to allow being put into albums. It has 81 videos in it, and the total Vimeo number appears to be 85.

Meanwhile, there are 649 YouTube URLs, but some of those are: not applications, jokes in the spirit of rickrolling (but not, surprisingly, actual rickrolling), or dead links.

Even accounting for that, however, I guess I'm probably mistaken when I said it wasn't around 700.

ETA that some applications appear on both Vimeo and YouTube, so there's some overlap in the numbers between the two sites.

Well, this is mine. We shot it Thursday night the 9th, and earlier that afternoon, I had a intercostal nerve block. I was, for want of a better word, stoned. I'm surprised I didn't slide off the stool while I sang. We recorded the music the Sunday before. Good thing.

The accurate count of submitted applications on each site should be 85 on Vimeo and 552 on YouTube.

That does not take into account:

* the handful which were posted on both sites (in other words, some applications appear on both lists)
* the submissions which came in with links to a 3-minute cut AND an extended cut (both URLs are included in the above count)
* joke submissions in the spirit of rickrolling but not actual rickrolling (the joke ones are included in the count because I haven't culled)
* extra URLs from the applicants (because sometimes they tossed in additional links)
* applications which came in during the half day after the deadline (they are included although I don't know if they are included officially)

This also does not take into account applications which the powers that be might deem not to meet the contest rules. I didn't cull for any of that either.

So, you might notice that I have a strange definition of "accurate". Let's say this should be the accurate upper bound of the count.